Media Review - UKRAINE

Richard Seymour reviews media coverage of events in Ukraine, using the same critical benchmark that the Western press has applied to the failings of Russian media. teleSUR multimedia.tele...

[@jerrymalsam6152]

Odd that the Odessa massacre was omitted. There's a prime example of western media distortion.

[@chycho]

nice review. thanks.

[@denischurilov4330]

A very sound review. But... 1. Yanukovich wasn't an oligarch. He was a political figure representing the oligarchs' interests, but he wasn't one himself, unlike Poroshenko, who still owns various business assets. 2. As already pointed in the previous comments to this video, Odessa massacre was one of the turning points of no return for the civil war in Ukraine, and it was also a prime example of Western mainstream media distortions. 3. There was no such thing as "Russian invasion of Crimea". Russia's always had a naval base there, with bilateral treaty (extended way back in the 1990s) allowing up to 25 000 Russian military personal being stationed there until 2017. So, de jure, it wasn't an invasion.

[@KarlVyt]

+Denis Churilov It was. Russian troops were only allowed in the portion of the peninsula were the military base of Sevastopol was situated. Russian troops left their assigned zone and entered Ukrainian territory were they didn't have authority or jurisdiction. It is a necessary distinction that shows clearly the Russians took Crimea by force where the troops present left their assigned zone and unlawfully entered the rest of Ukrainian controlled territory violating the agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the Sevastopol base.